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Haven Home Care · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2 days ago

OTHR$16–$18/hrInternship

About the role

You go to people’s homes and help them with daily life. Mostly older adults. Baths, getting dressed, meals, light cleaning, errands, companionship. This is physical work—you help people move around and you’re on your feet most of the day. You do not give medicine or do medical tasks; that is for nurses.

Pay

$18/hour — STNA license (active or expired)
$16–18/hour — HHA certificate or experience, based on interview
$16/hour — free training pathway
$19–20/hour — when you refer and care for a private pay client
10% extra on holidays

Paid every two weeks via direct deposit. W-2 job. Drive time between clients is paid; drive time to your first client or from your last client is not.

Built-in raises

Three raises in your first two years:

90-day review: +$0.50/hour
1-year review: +$0.50/hour
2-year review: +$1.00/hour

Miss one? It carries over to your next review. Your increases stack on top if you start higher because of experience.

How you earn raises

At your 90-day, 1-year, and 2-year reviews you fill out an evaluation form. You grade yourself on 11 items, then we grade you on the same items. Score all 1s (highest) on every item and the raise is automatic.

Items we look at:

SHOWING UP: Be on time; clock in and out (app or phone); follow call-off steps if you can’t make a shift
CLIENT CARE: Follow policies; accept clients that match the limits you gave us; report incidents within 24 hours; get good feedback from clients; don’t be the reason a client leaves Haven (most common reasons: frequent call-offs, no-call/no-shows)
STAYING IN TOUCH: Answer office calls and texts quickly; send updated documents when asked (insurance, license, training); complete feedback forms when sent

Extra earnings

$100 after 30 days with perfect attendance—every shift on time, zero call-offs
$300 when you refer a caregiver who stays—$100 when they hit 60 hours, $200 more at 200 hours
$75–$1,500 when you refer a private pay client, based on their hours

Qualification paths

Pick the path that fits you. All four lead to the same job.

Path 1: STNA License (fastest start)

Pay: $18/hour
Need: STNA license in Ohio—active or expired
Time to start: 1–3 days if you move fast

Your STNA means you already passed the state test; you skip our written and skills test. Apply with your STNA license number, complete a 20-minute phone talk and a short online questionnaire, sign paperwork online, complete a 30–40-minute online orientation and document verification, and undergo fingerprinting.

Path 2: HHA Certificate

Pay: $16–18/hour based on interview
Need: HHA certificate (30+ hours), signed by an RN (unless completed online)
Time to start: 5–8 days

Apply and send your certificate, complete a 20-minute phone talk and a short online questionnaire, take the HHA test at our Cuyahoga Falls office (scheduled with you), sign paperwork online, complete a 30–40-minute online orientation and document verification, and undergo fingerprinting.

Path 3: Experience under a licensed nurse

Pay: $16–18/hour based on interview
Need: 1+ year at one company where your supervisor was an RN or LPN
Time to start: 5–8 days after we verify your experience

Valid experience comes from nursing homes, hospitals, Medicare-certified skilled home health agencies, or assisted living with licensed nurses on staff. It does not count if your supervisor was a care coordinator, office manager, or non-medical home care agency supervisor, or if you were a private caregiver for family or friends.

Ohio law requires us to verify your experience by calling your former employer directly to confirm dates, that you worked there 1+ year, and that your supervisor was an RN or LPN. This pathway will not work if your former employer uses The Work Number or another third-party verification service, the company has closed, or they can’t or won’t verify the required details.

Apply by including your former employer’s name, phone number, your RN or LPN supervisor’s name and title, and the dates you worked there. We call to verify, then schedule your phone talk, short online questionnaire, HHA test at our Cuyahoga Falls office, online orientation and document verification, and fingerprinting.

Path 4: No experience (we train you free)

Pay: $16/hour
Need: Willingness to help people; we teach everything else
Time to start: 1–2 weeks

Apply, complete a 20-minute phone talk and a short online questionnaire, finish the free 32-hour online HHA training at home (six days to finish; not paid), take the HHA test at our Cuyahoga Falls office (scheduled with you), sign paperwork online, complete a 30–40-minute online orientation and document verification, and undergo fingerprinting. If you don’t finish training in six days we close your application; text us if something comes up.

HHA test

Ohio requires all Home Health Aides to pass a competency test. Two parts: written questions and skills demonstration. You need 80% on both, and both parts happen in person at our Cuyahoga Falls office. We schedule a time that works for you. Already passed an HHA test elsewhere with 80% or higher? Show us your results and you can skip it. STNAs skip the test entirely; your license proves you passed.

What the job looks like

Shifts can be as short as 2–3 hours per visit; some are 4–6 hours; some are 8 hours
You usually have several clients across different days to reach 20+ hours/week
Most caregivers have 2–4 regular clients

“Flexible” means the days and times you told us you can work; it does not mean calling off whenever you want or skipping shifts you don’t feel like doing. Attendance is one of the biggest things we look at—it’s part of the raise criteria.

Requirements

Driver’s license
Your own car with insurance that covers work driving
Pass background checks
Work at least 20 hours/week
Available between 6 AM–8 PM (most work is 8 AM–5 PM)
Legal right to work in the US
At least 18 years old